The rapid response of the Hunan army made the Wehrmacht suffer a big loss! The British king wrote a plea and voluntarily surrendered the command of the front.

Hong Tiangui personally led the army to Pingjiang City, and looked at Pingjiang City, which was urgently repairing the city wall, and his expression was a little more dignified.

"Heavenly King, this time the 100,000 troops of the Hunan army broke through, and they will inevitably advance west to resist the eastward advance of the Wing King, should we give up Pingjiang City and lead the army westward?" The accompanying King Chen Yucheng was quite helpless. The inner and outer double walls greatly improved the protective ability of the city walls, and the Wehrmacht was a force that was good at field warfare but not good at siege operations, and the Wehrmacht was somewhat helpless against Pingjiang City when heavy artillery could not collapse the city wall and soldiers could not bring large doses of explosives under the city wall.

"Not for the time being, although our strength has increased, there are too many troops, plus we have just been reorganized, all armies, divisions and brigades are in the process of running-in, and it is still early to go to the battlefield. What's more, Pingjiang City is on the main road to the west, and if we can't take Pingjiang City, our logistics materials will not be able to be supplied in time, let alone continue to fight. Hong Tiangui calculated the gains and losses on the way here, and finally came to the conclusion that if he wanted to enter the hinterland of Hunan without any scruples, this Pingjiang City must be defeated. What's more, the Hunan army still has 30,000 troops in Pingjiang City, and before the British king attacked the city, it can be seen that Zeng Guofan left all the artillery in Pingjiang City before breaking through, so the firepower of the Hunan army defending the city did not decrease at all.

"But the walls of Pingjiang City are high and deep, and our heavy artillery and shells are insufficient, so I'm afraid it's not so easy to capture."

The Wehrmacht is Hong Tiangui's henchman, so naturally it cannot be used without regard for casualties like other Taiping troops. In addition, the number of the Wehrmacht is still too small, and the siege of the city with less strength than the enemy, even if the Wehrmacht is brave and good at fighting, it will still suffer a big loss under the two fists and four feet.

"Let me figure it out! Have you ever found out who is guarding the city in this Pingjiang City? Hong Tiangui asked in a deep voice.

"I inquired clearly, it was Hu Linyi, this person was a loyal dog of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and too many people in the Kingdom of Heaven had died in his hands in the past six months." Chen Yucheng said in a deep voice.

Hu Linyi! Hong Tiangui's heart was shocked, another famous figure in history. I wonder if this person will be able to fight for it?

"Order someone to make a surrender list, no matter how strong the fortress is, it can be broken from the inside!" Hong Tiangui said in a deep voice.

Soon, the Wehrmacht made a lot of surrender examples, stuffed them in shells and broke into the city.

The actions of the Wehrmacht startled the Hunan troops in the city, and they nervously guarded the bunkers on the city wall one by one, and saw the iron balls that fell into the city but did not explode with suspicion.

Soon, a curious Hunan soldier picked up an iron ball and found a hole in it, and an iron cap was stuffed in the hole.

The Hunan soldier took out the straw paper and sent it to his commander.

Soon, more and more leaflets were taken out of the shells and then spread among the Hunan soldiers.

Eventually, the leaflet was delivered to Hu Linyi by a Hunan army battalion commander. The above is extremely simple, but it is very inspiring:

"Letter to the compatriots of the Hunan army: Brothers of the Hunan army, you have been defeated all the way from Anqing, and most of them have become our prisoners, and your commander Zeng Guofan has abandoned you, and this Pingjiang City has been surrounded by 200,000 troops of my heavenly kingdom, and it can be broken overnight. But this king adheres to the virtue of having a good life in heaven, as long as he goes out of the city to surrender, he is not to blame for the past, his family is exempted, and those who surrender can join the heavenly ** team, or they can receive three acres of paddy fields outside this Pingjiang city and settle on the spot, as long as they promise not to join the Manchu army and confront the heavenly kingdom in the future, the heavenly kingdom will give preferential conditions for tax reduction and exemption for three years and the distribution of seeds and cattle. In addition, if you kill a person who is unwilling to surrender, you can add one acre of paddy field, kill an officer, increase ten acres, and if you carry the head of a battalion commander or above, you can add 100 acres of paddy field. The king's promise is valid before the city of Pingjiang is broken, and after the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left! ”

This surrender was written entirely in the vernacular, and anyone who could understand Chinese could understand the meaning of this surrender document. This made all the low-level soldiers of the Hunan army understand the current situation and the crisis they are facing.

"With an army of 200,000, Pingjiang City can be broken overnight? Surrender can distribute three acres of paddy fields? Family exoneration? Damn, the enemy is going to take a salary! When someone comes, all the surrender letters will be confiscated, and those who have private treasures will be killed. Hu Linyi felt a kind of fear. Even the Hunan army, which is linked by the love of the robe, cannot guarantee how it will choose when faced with the critical moment of life and death. What's more, the departure of the main force of the Hunan army is a fact that everyone sees, and it is also obvious that the enemy's army is besieging the city. These high-ranking officers may have confidence in the defense and reserves of Pingjiang City, but the soldiers at the bottom may not have the ability to discriminate. Zeng Guofan's departure will have different meanings under different people's interpretations, and the enemy keenly took advantage of this weakness, and did not chase Zeng Guofan, but launched a psychological war against the defenders of Pingjiang City.

Hu Linyi's reaction was not unpleasant, but it was too late at this time, and many soldiers secretly hid this surrender letter, and there were even many low-ranking officers among them.

That night, taking advantage of the darkness, 500 people secretly fled from Pingjiang City, and most of them were soldiers defending the city.

This result made Hu Linyi shocked, he didn't care about resting, and personally guarded the city, fortunately, he avoided a large-scale surrender to the enemy tonight. But the people of the entire Pingjiang City are panicked, and it is indeed completely different from the previous time when they regarded death as their home and guarded their homeland.

At noon the next day, the Wehrmacht, which had been raising the elite for a day, launched a second attack on Pingjiang City, this attack was much smaller than the first time in terms of firepower and intensity, but the momentum was huge, because the Wehrmacht had only 30,000 people attacking the city before, but this time there were more than 100,000 spectators, even if they were only on the periphery of the battlefield, but the numerical advantage brought great pressure to the main force of the Hunan army in Pingjiang City.

The siege did not last long, and the Wehrmacht was bombarded with concentrated firepower, and even the double-layered city wall could not withstand it, and the solid wall of Pingjiang City collapsed in a small piece. Moreover, as soon as the Wehrmacht weakened its firepower, the soldiers of the Hunan Army desperately repaired it, and finally did not let the Wehrmacht expand its results.

The Wehrmacht did not attack this point to the death, and when they saw that the enemy had stabilized the gap in the wall, they decisively ordered the withdrawal of troops.

The Wehrmacht retreated and set up camp, and soon a curling smoke rose, and the Wehrmacht looked extremely calm. Even the more than 100,000 newly formed troops who were watching the battle were stationed and trained according to the previous plan.

When the sky darkened, Hu Linyi summoned all the officers above the barracks, and the first sentence made all the officers change color.